A call for solidarity for a very brave and principled woman.
Barbara Dowling's census trial
re-scheduled for 25 September
Barbara Dowling will be on trial in Glasgow on Tuesday for allegedly refusing to aid and abet torture by cooperating with Scotland's census.
Barbara Dowling will be on trial in Glasgow on Tuesday for allegedly refusing to aid and abet torture by cooperating with Scotland's census.
10am Tuesday 25 September at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
Map http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/locations/index.asp?crt=glw&val=map
Please
come along to support Barbara in court. If other commitments
prevent you from staying for the duration of the trial, please come
along *before* 10am to show your support outside the court - even if
it's only for a few minutes.
"As everyone knows, soldiers and civilian contractors at the Abu Ghraib prison committed criminal offenses," says New York Times editor, Andrew Rosenthal. So why have no Abu Ghraib contractors faced prosecution? And why is a Glasgow woman facing criminal charges for objecting to the involvement of Abu Ghraib contractor CACI in Scotland’s census?
Barbara Dowling will be tried in Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday 25 September, accused of committing a criminal offence under the Census Act 1920. She allegedly refused to fully complete her census form last year in protest at the involvement in Scotland’s census of a British subsidiary of US defence contractor CACI International.
Read the full article
http://news.ethicalcensus.org.uk/2012/is-objecting-to-torture-a-crime/#more-319
"As everyone knows, soldiers and civilian contractors at the Abu Ghraib prison committed criminal offenses," says New York Times editor, Andrew Rosenthal. So why have no Abu Ghraib contractors faced prosecution? And why is a Glasgow woman facing criminal charges for objecting to the involvement of Abu Ghraib contractor CACI in Scotland’s census?
Barbara Dowling will be tried in Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday 25 September, accused of committing a criminal offence under the Census Act 1920. She allegedly refused to fully complete her census form last year in protest at the involvement in Scotland’s census of a British subsidiary of US defence contractor CACI International.
Read the full article
http://news.ethicalcensus.org.uk/2012/is-objecting-to-torture-a-crime/#more-319
or phone 07936432519 or 07786630764
